Central Park (Warner Bros.) (1932)

Nov. 11, 1932 Hl, pO. Nasonwian ‘CENTRAL PARK’ SHOULD CLICK HAS ALL THE B. 0. ELEMENTS Sell “Central Park” as the Year’s ALL-ACTION Picture “Central Park” is a whale of a picture which your showmanship can make pay big dividends. It is truly a sensational picture and should be sold and exploited along sensational lines. SELL it as an ALL-ACTION picture with something new and unexpected happening every minute. SELL it as the THRILL-A-MINUTE PICTURE OF THE YEAR, getting over the thought that anything can happen in “Central Park’’ and everything does happen. Your front should be very flashy and reflect the action and bigness of the production. TIE UP the TITLE and THEME with “Union Depot,” to show, that while the picture has the same bigness of thought behind it, ‘‘Central Park” is even more thrilling. The TITLE offers you the opportunity to connect the picture directly with your own parks, by using copy to the effect that the same thing might have happened in your local park. The CAST is worth a lot of attention. SELL JOAN BLONDELL, WALLACE FORD, and GUY KIBBEE, BIG. CAST OF CHARACTERS ere ee ee eee ee Joan Blondell Fe Se a ane id ee Wallace Ford 5 Soa A NI li SN Mn Rae MRT SY cewin TUES a Guy Kibbee rg a ios eS ene MeO eae ar MRED SC" Ve cS Sine ch Henry B. Walthall Eo SR Rae IEE Te RED eM ne aE oS ee Patricia Ellis SS AEA A BGS Aree I PO a ROU ies ee Seer oR Charles Sellon merpedns Miley. 8 DEM PS Se nen ee Spencer Charters oe aI icine HSPN ate teres bees 7 mare cir ae 5) John Wray LE eA or Onna a atten ER eee Sete ts She Rens Harold Huber Caatrinan of Casino Tall 002 eg) Holmes Herbert ere ee ic a Se ee ee) i eee DeWitt Jennings eee a Be RSet ts maar ees 7 Henry Armetta Rapin 0) Pieces ut FS ae Willard Robertson a atin ere. alee a a ee REY er en Harry Holman 1 OU ESERIES tr De SOE sa RIOR SEE TRS ERE I William Pawley DAPHOY ote a Reais Aoki iee ae eee, ee en Wade Boteler Police Comemiastonien a 289 ne ce Edward LeSaint CR Se ee ee ee, ey BRL Re Nee SE _.. Irving Bacon ro) SIR eta) ROO © ie Wea Se NOE SO ole, eS George Collins THEIR RECENT FILMS JOAN BLONDELL — “Union Depot,” HENRY B. WALTHALL — “The “Blonde Crazy,’ “Three On A Match,” Cabin in the Cotton,” “Ride Him, “Miss Pinkerton,” “Big City Blues.” Cowboy,” “The Strange Interlude,” “Police Court,” “The Bridge of San WALLACE FORD — “Possessed,” Luis Rey.” Ree Wek PREG SCOR Es RES SED EON << “The Dark notized. Horse,” “Ride Him, Cowboy,” “I Am GUY KIBBEE — “Union Depot,” a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.” “Winner Take All,” “The Dark SPENCER CHARTERS — “Jewel Horse,’ “The Crooner,” “Scarlet Robbery,” “I Am a Fugitive from a Daa! Chain Gang,” “The Tenderfoot,” “The Heart of New York,” Union Depot.” PATRICIA ELLIS — “Three On A JOHN WRAY—“Doctor X,” “I Am Match.” On stage, “The Royal a Fugitive from a Chain Gang,” Family,’ “Once in a_ Lifetime,” “Elizabeth, the Queen.” “Two Seconds,’ “The Mouthpiece,” “High Pressure,’ “Safe in Hell.” PRODUCTION STAFF ee ee Ward Morehouse MIO Ys Ward Morehouse and Earl Baldwin ee re re eter, ae ee ee John Adolfi pT ey its 1p 2 pe ea ec iene cee ee Sid Hickox IES 17 SecA a ea OE ea ae ol Sa Bert Levy 5390 feet TIME Page Two ett lagi Pn See rere 3 JOAN BLONDELL Cut No. 4 Cut 30c Mat roc THE STORY Rick, a Western boy, is stranded in New York City when a rodeo show with which he has been traveling goes on the rocks. In Central Park he strikes up a friendship with Dot, a small town girl who had come to the city to try to break into the show business. They are both hunting jobs, but make an _engagemen*—ag : Two crooks, in the guise of ree — up Dot and enlist her services to assist them in foiling an alleged plot to rob the Central Park Casino of the proceeds of a charity event which is being held there that night. She is persuaded to take the place of a girl chosen by judges to unlock the receipt box with a golden key and turn the money over to bank messengers. The crooks see her talking to Rick and fearing he will interfere, kidnap him and lock him in a house with a guard. He lassoes his guard with a window rope and escapes. Dot, in the meantime, opens the money box and turns over the contents to two men dressed as bank messengers, the real messengers having been waylaid and trussed up by the crooks. Rick, on his escape, rushes to the Casino, to prevent the holdup. The crooks, seeing Rick with an officer, open fire and wound the policeman. At this moment a lion breaks into the Casino and causes a panic. The crooks grab the money and escape in an armored ear. A riot call is sent in and the park is surrounded. The crooks dash from one park exit to another, only to find their way blocked. The ear finally overturns, but the chief crook picks up the money bag and flees. Charley, a half blind policeman, who has been suspended beeause he had failed to apprehend an escaped lunatic whose assault on one of the keepers had led to the escape of the lion, hears the erook and starts in pursuit, thinking he is the madman. He is mortally injured in a battle with the robber, but Rick, who has been pursuing in another car, comes up just in time to knock out the robber and grab the money. Police officers rush up as Rick has picked up the money and arrest him as one of the band. Dot also has been arrested as an impostor. Before he dies, Charley tells the officers that Rick had come to his assistance and was not a member of the gang. Both he and Dot are released. They decide to head for Rick’s ranch in the West. Official Billing INDEX First National Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corp. 25% presents Banner “CENTRAL PARK”? 100% Biographies with Current Publicity Joan Blondell 75% Exploitation Wallace Ford 75% Feature Stories Guy Kibbee 50% Direeted by John Adolfi 20% Review A First National and Shorts Vitaphone Picture my